Origami Elephants - January 9, 2016
The Problem with the Virtuous Hero
Bryne and JR. recap some of our favorite films of a very good year, then dive into a couple that signal a shift in how we are telling stories as a culture. The Big Short, Sicario and Netflix' Making a Murderer demonstrate an important shift away from the traditional virtue narrative Americans like so much toward more complicated, complex and honest storytelling. We evaluate this shift, and why we are so excited for it.
From Series: "Origami Elephants Season 2"
Bryne and JR. are back with more guests, more movies and more hard-hitting exploration of those elephants.
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After answering some questions from the Storyverse, we use Louis CK’s rant on cell phones to springboard into a discussion of social media. Is the price we pay for connectivity worth it? How social, exactly, is our media?
In this Episode:
01:30 – StoryMen Lightening Round
21:00 – Sabbath-Keeping Drug Dealers and Other Moral Villains
35:00 – Louis CK’s Anti-Cell Phone Rant
41:00 – Is our Social Media Anti-Social?
Show Links:
The Sabbath-Keeping Drug Dealers
That Louis CK Anti-Cell Phone Rant
Films and Books
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (here’s JR.’s review)
Find Matt Mikalatos at:
Blog: The Burning Hearts Revolution
Twitter
Amazon Author Page
Find Clay Morgan at:
Blog: Clay Writes
Twitter
Amazon Author Page
Find JR. Forasteros at:
Blog: JRForasteros.com
Twitter
Sermon Podcast
The Other StoryMen:
StoryMen Audio Producer: Aaron Kretzmann
Aaron’s website
Aaron on Facebook
Follow Aaron on Twitter
StoryMen Art by M. S. Corley
M. S. Corley’s website
Follow M. S. Corley on Twitter
